:: Adapting Infrastructure

On October 17, 2008, ACT hosted Extreme Events: Adapting Infrastructure, where conference participants explored practical considerations, opportunities, motivations and constraints associated with climate change adaptation planning for infrastructure developers, managers and practitioners. We framed the workshop content in terms of best practices, discussed the legal and regulatory structures involved, and identified generalizable information that we can extrapolate for decision-makers.

Speaker presentations and group discussions were captured in the following videos:

What is ACT?

The Adaptation to Climate Change Team (ACT) brings leading experts from around the world together with industry, community, and government decision-makers to explore the risks posed by top-of-mind climate change issues and to identify opportunities for sustainable adaptation.